The HCA

Wishing all our members a relaxing and happy festive season.

As Global Diversity Awareness and Black History Months end, we launch the last of our Diversity in Comms series here: bit.ly/3BkLOgg Thank you to @BoyceHelen2346 from YOUbuntu for delivering this series of self-guided videos and worksheets. #DiversityinComms

In the latest issue of the HCA’s journal Innovation Uncovered, we sat down for an ‘In Conversation with Anna Maxwell,’ Founder and CEO of consumer healthcare company, Maxwellia. Read on Pages 22-25 here: bit.ly/3moAa9m #InnovationUncovered #TogetherForBetter

In the latest issue of the HCA’s journal Innovation Uncovered, Jamie Whitburn, Consultant at Stirred and Sema Gornall, CEO at The Vavengers discuss how asking a simple question could help end female genital mutilation. Read on Pages 18-21 here: bit.ly/3moAa9m

In the latest issue of the HCA’s journal Innovation Uncovered, Sarah Savage, Independent Consultant discusses how blending tech and creativity is helping to close the gender pain gap. Read on Pages 14-17 here: bit.ly/3moAa9m #InnovationUncovered #TogetherForBetter

In the latest issue of the HCA’s journal Innovation Uncovered, Rebecca Carter, Head of social media at Ogilvy Health discusses why social media needs to talk about health. Read on Pages 12&13 here: bit.ly/3moAa9m #InnovationUncovered #TogetherForBetter

Read the latest article on closing the gender health gap two years on from when the Women’s Health Strategy was launched in England on pages 10 and 11 of our Innovation Uncovered journal here: bit.ly/3moAa9m #InnovationUncovered #TogetherForBetter

In the latest issue of the HCA's Innovation Uncovered journal, Miriam Kenrick and Sarah Sowerby, co-founders of Women in Pharma, discuss their campaign ‘Beyond Bikini Medicine’. Read on Pages 6-9 here: bit.ly/3moAa9m #InnovationUncovered #TogetherForBetter

It’s week 2 of our Diversity in Comms programme for Global Diversity Awareness and Black History Months. This week we are focusing on Diversity itself. Link here for self-guided video and associated fact sheet: bit.ly/3BkLOgg #DiversityinComms #TogetherForBetter

The HCA, in partnership with @oxpharmagenesis, have produced a new practical guide to help all those in healthcare comms to deliver inclusivity and accessibility in their events. Members can download here: bit.ly/3BJRaSA #TogetherForBetter #InclusivityInHealthcare

🚀 New Report Launch: Optimising Business Partnerships in Healthcare Communications 🚀 Check out the first report from our Q2 discussions here: Thanks to Annabelle Sandeman, Sabrina Gomersall and Laura Wilson #HealthcareCommunications #BusinessPartnerships

🚨 Join us on Thurs, 26th Sept at 12:30pm for the next session in the HCA & 90TEN Webinar Series: Better representation of who? 💬 Our expert panel will explore key learnings from DEI initiatives in healthcare & pharma. 📍 Sign up FREE for HCA members: [bit.ly/4eb4blW]

New HCA AI in Action Publication In our latest AI publication from the HCA’s Foresight Committee, we share several use cases across different disciplines, highlighting the tangible benefits AI can bring to the work we do. Click here to view in full: bit.ly/3ZaRBPu

Join us and 90TEN for the 'Trends in Patient Advocacy' free virtual webinar series. Register to attend the first webinar: Who Cares? How can we better support caregivers to improve patient outcomes? When: Monday 8 July, 12:30 – 13:30 BST Register here: bit.ly/3zmiSUh

The final interview in Series 3 of the HCA’s Briefing Room is out now! Paul French - Global Strategic Communications Director at @bmsnews, spends time with Norbert Brunhuber. HCA Members can click here to access the full video and audio recording : bit.ly/45y4HHM

We end Learning At Work Week 2024 with our final Harness the Power of the Quarter Hour, which comprises 3 x 5-minute intros to data-related topics – Drug Development; Data Visualisation; and Women’s Health Bias. Watch todays videos in full here: bit.ly/3wkpVMd

Your Thursday ‘Harness the Power of the Quarter Hour’, discusses Innovation in comms. Listen to Tim Gomersall and Ben Finlay talk about driving health literacy and Health System Transformation. Listen here: bit.ly/3wkpVMd Record your CPD at: MyCPD.Healthcare

Our second on demand CPD module for Learning At Work Week 2024, for you to Harness the Power of the Quarter Hour, talks through the HCA’s Evaluation Value Proposition. Your quarter hour of learning starts here: bit.ly/3wkpVMd Record your CPD at: MyCPD.Healthcare

To coincide with Learning At Work Week, you can Harness the Power of the Quarter Hour to learn the Fundamentals of Strategic Planning. Today’s learning is a self-guided, interactive, PowerPoint show. View here: bit.ly/3wkpVMd Record your CPD at: MyCPD.Healthcare

To start Learning At Work Week 2024, and launch the HCA’s Harness the Power of the Quarter Hour, join Emma, Edel, and Darcy to hear why a commitment to annual CPD standards is so important for their teams and the agencies they work with. Full video here: bit.ly/3wkpVMd